GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE Week One Preview | August 31, 2016

GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE Week One Preview | August 31, 2016

GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE Week One Preview | August 31, 2016 Contact: Nick Moeller, Assistant Commissioner for Sports Information | [email protected] Phone: (205) 991-9880 | Fax: (205) 437-0505 | Twitter: @GulfSouth | Facebook: The Gulf South Conference | Instagram: gscsports GSC STANDINGS (through 08/31/16) Conference Overall A/D2 Team W L Pct. PF PA W L Pct PF PA Home Away Neutral *Streak RV/-- Delta State 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W-1 RV/-- Florida Tech 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 L-1 Mississippi College 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 L-7 15/8 North Alabama 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 L-1 Shorter 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 L-6 RV/23 Valdosta State 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 L-1 West Alabama 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 L-1 West Florida 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- 2/2 West Georgia 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 L-1 A--AFCA Division II Coaches’ Poll (released every Monday); D2--D2Football.com Poll (released every Wednesday); *--Streak carried over from 2015 THIS WEEK’S GAMES ALL NINE GSC SQUADS TAKE THE FIELD THIS WEEK September 1 (Thursday) Gulf South Conference football kicks off 2016 with four games on Thurs- Kentucky Wesleyan @ Delta State 6:00 pm day, September 1, and five games on Saturday, September 3. #15 North Alabama @ Jacksonville St. 6:00 pm Five GSC squads are being recognized in the national polls, led by West Shorter @ UT-Chattanooga 7:00 pm Georgia, who is second in both the AFCA Division II Coaches’ Poll and the D2Foot- West Alabama @ North Greenville 7:00 pm ball.com Poll. The Wolves were Super Region 2 Champions last year and fell to the eventual national champions (Northwest Missouri State) in the national semifinals September 3 (Saturday) last season. NW Missouri State is the top team in each poll. West Florida @ Ave Maria 12:00 pm North Alabama won a share of the conference crown last year and ad- #22 Catawba @ #2 West Georgia 2:00 pm vanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. UNA is again expected to Point @ Mississippi College 2:00 pm be a national power, earning Top 15 rankings in each poll. The Lions will have a big Florida Tech @ Newberry 6:00 pm test to start the season, squaring off with former GSC member Jacksonville State. Albany State @ Valdosta State 7:00 pm Valdosta State is ranked 23rd in the D2Football.com Poll and is receiving votes in the coaches’ poll. VSU opens the season against Albany State for the third All Times are Local; GSC teams in BOLD; Division straight season. I-FCS opponents in Italics Delta State and Florida Tech are each receiving votes in the coaches’ poll and have expectations of being at the top of the conference standings at the end of NEXT WEEK’S GAMES the year, with FIT third in the preseason poll and DSU fourth in the poll. September 12 (Saturday) West Florida begins its inaugural year with a game at Ave Marie. Coach Shorter @ Mars Hill 1:00 pm Pete Shinnick recently named Kaleb Nobles as the starting quarterback for week West Georgia @ Miles 4:00 pm one. Kentucky Wesleyan @ Delta State 6:00 pm Mississippi College is officially back in the Gulf South and Division II this Texas A&M-Commerce @ Delta State 6:00 pm season, and the Choctaws were picked to finish seventh in the conference. West Alabama @ Stephen F. Austin 6:00 pm Shorter opens the year on the road at Tennessee-Chattanooga, while Missouri S&T @ West Florida 6:00 pm West Alabama will travel to future GSC football member North Greenville on Thurs- *Mississippi College @ Florida Tech 7:00 pm day night. All Times are Local; GSC teams in BOLD; Division I-FCS opponents in Italics; *—Conference game 2016 GSC Football Weekly Release 1 www.gscsports.org 2016 GSC FOOTBALL--THE WEEK AHEAD WEEK ONE PREVIEW Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (0-0, 0-0 Gread Midwest) #15 North Alabama Lions (0-0, 0-0 Gulf South) at Delta State Statesmen (0-0, 0-0 Gulf South) at Jacksonville State Gamecocks (0-0, 0-0 Ohio Valley) Thursday, September 1 | 6:00 p.m. CT Thursday, September 1 | 6:00 p.m. CT Parker Field at McCool Stadium, Cleveland, Miss. Burgess-Snow Field, Jacksonville, Ala. Series Record: ���������������������������������������������������������������������DSU leads 1-0 Series Record: ���������������������������������������������������������������JSU leads 24-18-3 Last Meeting: .................................................. @ DSU 51, KWC 18 (2015) Last Meeting: .............................................. @ JSU 24, UNA 21 OT (2013) KWC’s 2015 Record: ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 5-6 UNA’s 2015 Record: �������������������������������������������������������������� 9-3, 6-1 GSC DSU’s 2015 Record: �������������������������������������������������������������� 6-5, 2-5 GSC JSU’s 2015 Record: ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 13-2 Game Breakdown: Delta State enters the 2016 season picked to finish Game Breakdown: After a thrilling overtime loss in 2013, UNA will travel fourth in the GSC. The Statesmen will be led by QB Tyler Sullivan, a to Jacksonville looking to extract some revenge on former GSC rival Harlon Hill Trophy candidate and Preseason All-Gulf South Conference Jacksonville State. selection. Sullivan missed four games with an injury last season, but led The UNA/JSU rivalry dates back to 1949 and the squads were the league in passing yards per game (304.0 yards). both charter members of the GSC in 1971, playing every season until the Under head coach Todd Cooley, DSU is 10-1 in September Gamecocks reclassified to Division I after the 1992 season. NorthAla - games and will look to build upon that record with another win over KWC. bama will have a strong test to start a season that holds high expectations The Panthers lose last year’s QB, but return Keelan Cole, a D2Football. for the Lions. UNA is currently No. 15 in the AFCA Division II Coaches’ Poll com Preseason All-American. and No. 8 in the D2Football.com poll. WR Dre Hall returns for the Lions Kentucky Wesleyan By The Numbers: after catching 10 TDs in 2015. Hall was a unanimous selection to the GSC Returning Offensive Leaders Preseason All-Conference Team. Rushing: David White (274 yds, 25.0 avg/g, 1 TD) UNA will have to focus on shutting down JSU’s dynamic quar- Passing: Eman Westmoreland (73 yds, 7.3 avg/g, 1 TD) terback, Eli Jenkins. Jenkins ran for more than 1,000 yards last year, while Receiving: Keelan Cole (73 rec, 1345 yds, 17 TDs) throwing for nearly 3,000 yards. North Alabama By The Numbers: Returning Defensive Leaders Returning Offensive Leaders Tackles: Vasco Billberry (LB, 26 solo, 23 ast, 8.5 TFL/24 yds) Rushing: Jacob Tucker (303 yds, 5.6 avg, 5 TDs) Sacks: Vasco Billberry (LB, 1.5 sacks/10 yds) Passing: Jacob Tucker (141 yds, 14.1 avg, 2 TDs) Interceptions: Vasco Billberry (LB, 1 INT/37 yds) Receiving: Dre Hall (55 rec, 948 yds, 10 TDs) D. Mo Crawford (DT, 1 INT/30 yds) Returning Defensive Leaders Delta State By The Numbers: Tackles: Tyler Smith (DL, 23 solo, 19 ast, 9.0 TFL/34 yds) Returning Offensive Leaders Sacks: DeAndre Harrison (DL, 4.5 sacks 38 yds) Rushing: D’Juan Bellaire (506 yds, 50.6 avg/g, 5 TDs) Tyler Smith (DL, 4.5 sacks/34 yds) Passing: Tyler Sullivan (2128 yds, 304.0 avg/g, 20 TDs) Interceptions: Levi Fell (CB, 3 INTs/0 yds) Receiving: D’Juan Bellaire (20 rec, 159 yds, 0 TDs) Philbert Martial (DB, 3 INTs/27 yds) Returning Defensive Leaders Jacksonville State By The Numbers: Tackles: Lawrence Hopkins (DB, 5 solo, 10 ast) Returning Offensive Leaders Sacks: Jerad Hunt (LB, 3.0 sacks/13 yds) Rushing: Eli Jenkins (1,161 yds, 6.0 avg, 15 TDs) Latrell Peterson (DL, 3.0 sacks/9 yds) Passing: Eli Jenkins (2,788 yds, 185.9 avg, 21 TDs) Interceptions: Joreco Beckwith (LB, 3 INTs/69 yds) Receiving: Josh Barge (92 rec, 1145 yds, 11 TDs) Returning Defensive Leaders Tackles: Joel McCandless (LB, 36 solo, 43 ast, 10.5 TFL/33 yds) Sacks: Darius Jackson (DE, 7.0 sacks/30 yds) Interceptions: Jaylen Hill (CB, 4 INTs, 59 yds) 2016 GSC Football Weekly Release 2 www.gscsports.org 2016 GSC FOOTBALL--THE WEEK AHEAD WEEK ONE PREVIEW Shorter Hawks (0-0, 0-0 Gulf South) West Alabama Tigers (0-0, 0-0 Gulf South) at Tenn.-Chattanooga Mocs (0-0, 0-0 Southern Conf.) at North Greenville Crusaders (0-0 Independent) Thursday, September 1 | 7:00 p.m. ET Thursday, September 1 | 7:00 p.m. ET Finley Stadium, Chattanooga, Tenn. Younts Stadium, Tigerville, S.C. Series Record: ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 0-0 Series Record: ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 0-0 Last Meeting: ��������������������������������������������������������������������������First meeting Last Meeting: ��������������������������������������������������������������������������First meeting SU’s 2015 Record: ����������������������������������������������������������������� 2-8, 1-6 GSC UWA’s 2015 Record: �������������������������������������������������������������� 7-4, 3-4 GSC UTC’s 2015 Record: ������������������������������������������������������������������9-4, 6-1 SC NGU’s 2015 Record: ��������������������������������������������������������� 7-3 Independent Shorter travels to Chattanooga to face the Mocs to Game Breakdown: Game Breakdown: West Alabama will open the season on the road and start the 2016 season.

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